DENNIS, Mass. – The University of Maine swept a baseball tripleheader against the University of Hartford Hawks here at Red Wilson Field Friday. Maine won the first game 2-0, the second 8-7 in eight innings, and the third 6-1. Maine improved to 9-17 overall, 5-2… Read More
    MAINE vs. DELAWARE Site, time: At University of Delaware in Newark, Saturday, 11 a.m. (2) googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) {… Read More
    WELLESLEY, Mass. – The Husson College softball team swept a doubleheader against Suffolk University of Boston Friday with a 22-1 victory in the first game and a 19-5 win over Suffolk. In the first game, Crystal Hinton (3-1) pitched a two-hitter, walked none, and struck… Read More
    When Karen Hunter was 9 years old, she made a decision to devote her life to the little-known sport of freestyle skiing. She trained hard with a goal of being the best. Step by step, she climbed the ladder of success, overcoming two serious knee… Read More
    PITTSBURGH – Rookie Kevin Young upstaged Barry Bonds’ magnificent return to his old town, driving in four runs with a single and go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied past the San Francisco Giants 6-5 Friday night. Bonds showed his… Read More
    The Terry Fox Run, a Bangor tradition for 11 years, has ended, but race organizers are hoping to start a new tradition with the Run for HOEM 5K in Bangor on May 2. The 5K Fox road race commemorated Fox, a one-legged Canadian athlete who… Read More
    Last year, upon learning that the University of Maine had put together an incoming freshman class that included the likes of Paul Kariya and the Ferraro twins (Peter and Chris), New York Rangers scout Dave McNab jokingly said if Maine didn’t win the national championship in the next… Read More
    The University of Maine’s Jim Montgomery, Boston University’s David Sacco and Yale University’s Mark Kaufmann were three of the 10 Hobey Baker Award finalists this year. On Saturday night, they will get the opportunity to be linemates when the first annual Shrine East-West (Seniors) College… Read More
    The Bangor Police Athletic League Boxing Club will hold an open house and registration at its training facility at 292 State St. in Bangor Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. The program is open to youths ages 8 and up. Boxing manager Joe Gamache Sr. Read More
    Still glowing from Your State University’s winning the NCAA hockey title? Well, no one in the University of Maine athletic department is smiling any more, with the possible exception of the Black Bear skaters. The other shoe is about to drop on the U of… Read More
    Photos in this section are by Michael York, Bob DeLong, and Marc Blanchette of the NEWS Staff, and the Associated Press. Read More
    On Saturday night, University of Maine senior center Jim Montgomery and fifth-year senior goalie Garth Snow will be celebrating a mini-anniversary. It will be one week since Montgomery’s third-period hat trick and Snow’s shutout eight-save third period rallied the Black Bears to a 5-4 victory… Read More
    ORONO – University of Maine three-year assistant coach Dennis `Red’ Gendron has signed a letter of agreement to become an assistant coach with the 1994 United States Olympic Team. He has asked for a one-year leave of absence from Maine head coach Shawn Walsh and… Read More
    GLENBURN — The Glenburn council, which has been considering the construction of a new public safety building, took a major step Thursday night by appointing seven members to a Public Safety Building Steering Committee. Among those appointed were Steve Gibbons, fire chief; Norman Simmons, chief… Read More
    With great pleasure we wish to say, “Many thanks,” to all who nominated us for the 1993 Jefferson Award. We received a letter of congratulations and a certificate from Debora Smart, promotion and public service director at WLBZ-TV. Thanks to the residents at Westgate Manor Nursing Home. They… Read More
    The communities’ response to the Jaws of Life fund-raiser of Special Hazards 5 has been overwhelming. To date, they have raised more than $18,000, as well as a donated vehicle. I support the idea of having a Jaws of Life in this area, but I need to clear… Read More
    … LD 318, An Act to Protect Reproductive Privacy in Maine, was nothing but another death sentence for the unborn during the most vulnerable stage of development of God’s creation. … Any person who wouldn’t have an abortion, but believes others should have the “right… Read More
    We would like to thank the Milo Police Department for their help with the fire at Woodland Acres on March 30. There has been talk of why the town should employ a third full-time police officer. When you have a situation involving a building housing… Read More
    I wish we could stop pollution, wasting things, and littering because if we don’t start now, it will get worse and when we finally decide to clean up the world, it might to too late and it will be almost impossible to do. So it’s time we started. Read More
    I am writing in response to the letter (March 30) Rep. Julie Winn, D-Glenburn, wrote in defense of her decision to not cast a vote, either pro or con, on Speaker John Martin. As a constituent of Rep. Winn and a Democrat, I was appalled with her “decision.”… Read More
    WOODLAND — The Woodland School Department will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 12, at the consolidated school. The agenda includes consideration of the March financial statement, communications to the school committee and a discussion of the state report card. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    NEW LIMERICK — It took three votes and the withdrawal of a candidate at the annual town meeting in New Limerick before a representative was finally chosen to represent the town on the SAD 70 board of directors. Incumbent Paul Harrison was seeking re-election to… Read More
    FORT FAIRFIELD — The Aroostook County Tourism Board will meet at 10 a.m. Friday, April 13, at Ma Mere’s Bed and Breakfast in Fort Fairfield. The agenda will include a report on the Agri-Business Trade Fair, an upcoming meeting of the Off the Record Media… Read More
    HOULTON — The Houlton Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor a variety of activities during the school vacation April 19 to 23, for children in kindergarten through sixth grade. Activities will include movies, sports activities, kite-flying, sleep-overs and a bicycle-safety clinic. Fees will be charged… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — Dr. James Haeberlin of Presque Isle, a general surgeon with the Aroostook Surgical Associates, has been recertified by the American Board of Surgery. He is certified by the same board in general vascular surgery, and also by the National Board of Medical… Read More
    HOULTON — It was almost a clean sweep for the Houlton High School Show Choir, which last weekend took top honors in three of the four categories in its division of the state Vocal Jazz Festival at Westbrook High School. The 18-member group was awarded… Read More
    MACHIAS — Issues related to health care, including access to primary, acute, long-term and rehabilitative care, for people who live in rural areas will be discussed at a forum next week in Machias. The forum, which is part of a series, will be held from… Read More
    MADAWASKA — The “glassbusters” were back at work in Madawaska Wednesday night. For the third time in less than two months, a residence and a business place had broken windows on Thursday morning. Mrs. Rita Lavoie who lives at 790 Main St. and the operators… Read More
    CALAIS — Residents of this border community are doing a slow burn over the local price of gasoline. Fuel was added to the fire Thursday night when the Calais City Council sent a letter to Gov. John R. McKernan to try to ignite his interest in an investigation… Read More
    JONESPORT — Principal Nancy K. Melhorn of Jonesport-Beals High School has announced the honor roll for the third quarter: Seniors, high honors: Angela Merchant; honors: Michael King and Myra Merritt. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
    LUBEC — The Lubec annual town meeting will be held in two parts, beginning with elections of a meeting moderator and town officers from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Monday, April 12, at Lubec High School cafeteria. The meeting will reconvene at 7 p.m. to consider the remainder… Read More
    CALAIS — Calais High School students Jessica Clark and Scott Hill are the recipients of the 1993 University of Maine Academic Achievement Award. This award qualifies top male and female students in the class of 1994 for a $500 scholarship if they attend the University… Read More
    MILO — Milo selectmen Tuesday approved the purchase of a 1993 Ford Interceptor cruiser from Darlings Bangor Ford for $13,697. The town is now using a 1992 Ford with 24,000 miles. The vehicle is six months old. The backup cruiser used by the town is… Read More
    CALAIS — Thomas Urquhart, executive of the Maine Audubon Society, will be in Calais this month to meet with area residents and talk about the northern forests. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, in the recreation room of the Sunrise Apartments, Urquhart will present a… Read More
    GUILFORD — The SAD 4 Adult Education Program will offer a defensive driving course and a trapper-education class this month. The Maine Driving Dynamics course, to be offered from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday, April 26 and Wednesday, April 28, is a five-hour program which… Read More
    GREENVILLE — A budget that reflects a 2.6 percent increase in expenditures has received its first review and been approved with some recommendations by the Greenville Budget Committee. Recommendations and suggestions made by the Budget Committee for cost savings include placing the town’s insurance out… Read More
    GREENVILLE — The third-quarter honor roll at Greenville High School has been announced by Superintendent-Principal Gilbert Reynolds as follows: Seniors, honors: Margaret Burns, Jennifer Christensen and Heidi DuBien. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
    BROWNVILLE — The ban has been lifted. For more than six weeks, residents of Brownville Village who use the town water have had to boil any water to be consumed. According to Brownville Town Manager Gerald Wagg, tests on the water have been made and… Read More
    GUILFORD — Donna Jordan, who is a health educator at Piscataquis Community High School and a field hockey coach, is on a roll. Her care and compassion for students has earned her two state titles in six months. This week, Jordan was named Maine Field… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — Spring runoff in the upper Kennebec River valley in Somerset County is going well, according to County Emergency Management Director Carl McKenney. Despite predictions of several days of rain, McKenney said there is no fear of significant flooding in the watershed. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN — James Oakes, 38, of Starks was arrested and charged with two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Class C, on Thursday, April 8. Federal charges also may be filed against Oakes for firearms violations. Somerset County Sheriff Spencer Havey… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Trial of a personal injury lawsuit against the Trade Winds Motor Inn was continued this week because plaintiff Debra Corlis was in hiding after allegedly receiving death threats from her boyfriend. In his motion for a continuance, Corlis’ lawyer, Justin Leary of Lewiston,… Read More
    ROCKLAND — The financial problems of SAD 5 could require a bond issue and possibly the closing of some school buildings, board members warned Thursday night. The district is reeling under financial blows that include a $400,000 overdraft, drastic cuts in state support and the loss of federal… Read More
    ROCKLAND — Former Maine Democratic Party Chairwoman Jo Karr of Kittery will speak at the next meeting of the Knox County Democratic Committee, which will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13, at the Stella Maris House on Broadway. The Committee will gather at 6:30 p.m. for… Read More
    CAMDEN — Andrew L. Pratt of the Laite & Pratt Funeral Home of Camden and Gray and Pratt Funeral Home in Windsor has been appointed to a three-year term as Maine State chairman for the International Order of the Golden Rule. The IOGR is an… Read More
    BELFAST — Dianne S. Hire of Belfast has been named a finalist in the ninth annual American Quilter’s Society Show and Contest, to be held April 22-25, at Paducah, Ky., said contest officials. Hire’s quilt theme was One Step at a Time in the wall… Read More
    The caption on a photo announcing the Senior Spectrum Drive on the Midcoast page on April 9 was in error. Roberta Ames was on the left and Grace Kirkland was on the right. Also, a story about the Union Ambulance Service in the Weekend Edition… Read More
    BUCKSPORT — Code enforcement officer John Dunn plans to submit his resignation after seven years of service. Interviewed this week, Dunn said town officials recently told him they expect more than the five hours they say he works weekly. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    BAR HARBOR — Officials have not yet revealed the cause of a fire that damaged a historic Bar Harbor building Friday afternoon. The stables of the old Scott estate on Cromwell Harbor Road were reportedly being used for dipping roof shingles to use for construction… Read More
    ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth Amateur Wireless Association has announced its new officers for 1993. Elected were Ed Coan, AFLY, president; Evie Sargent, KA1BRA, vice president and treasurer; Bill Townsend, WB1CRB, secretary; and Rob Collins, W8HAP, board of directors. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    The federal budget unveiled Thursday by President Clinton is about one pound lighter than the city budget released last week by Bangor City Manager Edward A. Barrett. But Clinton presented a package about 68,000 times more expensive than Barrett’s. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    A Waldo County woman accused of selling drugs near Hampden Academy, in neighboring Penobscot County, is free on her own recognizance, but must stay away from schools and avoid students who attend the academy. Cynthia Soucie, 34, of Winterport, pleaded not guilty Friday in Penobscot… Read More
    Women, who generally face the greatest risks from sexually transmitted diseases, are diagnosed and treated less than men for such problems, according to a new report issued by the Alan Guttmacher Institute. What’s more, they are shortchanged by federal health programs that are geared primarily to the problems… Read More
    MILFORD — The unexpected resignation of the town’s Agent Tax Assessor, Joan Janeski, was a sad event, said Selectman Chairman Gary Drinkwater at Wednesday night’s meeting. However, Drinkwater was not without criticism. “It was the most unprofessional resignation I’ve seen since I’ve been here (on… Read More
    A Ugandan woman charged with being an international drug “swallower,” or courier, pleaded guilty Friday in Bangor’s federal court to importing heroin. Mariam Kabaseke, 33, of Kampala, Uganda, faces a minimum mandatory sentence of five years and a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison,… Read More
    AUGUSTA — State Treasurer Sam Shapiro said he fears the state’s credit rating will be downgraded when the state issues $57 million of bonds later this month. Shapiro will lead a Maine delegation to Wall Street next week to try to convince the nation’s two… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Physicians and patients need to be aware of the newest thinking in asthma treatment, Dr. William Bailey said Wednesday at the Maine Respiratory Health Summit in Augusta. Bailey, a professor at the University of Alabama and asthma chairman for the National Institutes of… Read More
    The ballot-tampering mess has left a trail of bruised egos in sensitive politicians. One result of this aftermath is what I call revisionist politics. That is the attempt by some to change or shade what they said, and what was recorded by the news media,… Read More
    DEER ISLE — Cherie Mason of Sunset has been chosen to represent the state of Maine in Tambrands’ award ceremony, “1993 Environmental Women of Action” on Wednesday, April 14, in Washington, D.C. Tambrands, the manufacturers of Tampax tampons, will honor 53 women — one from… Read More
    The owner of an Ellsworth auto body shop was sentenced Tuesday to nine months in county jail for illegally disposing of hazardous waste. Barry Norris, who owns Pro Auto Body, also will pay restitution of $1,000, perform 100 hours of community services and serve on… Read More
    A Veazie couple thought they had just come down with whatever bug is going around when they took ill this week after returning from the NCAA hockey championships in Milwaukee. But since reports surfaced about residents becoming ill because of a parasite in the city’s… Read More
    FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — Riot police lobbed tear gas into a crowd of Native American protesters Friday at a barricade on the Trans-Canada Highway. Earlier, two busloads of riot police stood by as regular officers arrested 28 Indians at the Kingsclear Maliseet reserve, including Chief… Read More
    DETROIT — Federal auto safety regulators asked General Motors Corp. Friday to voluntarily recall 4.7 million pickup trucks with side-mounted fuel tanks because the trucks may pose a deadly fire hazard. But the automaker, which has stood by its trucks, balked at recalling them. In… Read More
    JONESBORO — Integrated Crop Management field scouting techniques will be demonstrated on wild Maine blueberry fields at a series of field days this spring and summer at Jonesboro, Hope and Penobscot. David E. Yarborough, agent for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will conduct the… Read More
    Susan Collins, deputy treasurer for Massachusetts, will be the featured speaker at a Husson College Business Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, April 22. Collins will speak on “Cracking the Glass Ceiling: Increased Opportunities for Women in the ’90s.” A Caribou native, Collins previously served as… Read More
    WASHINGTON — I guess I’m a product of that middle-class American dream that seems to have vanished like Margaret Mitchell’s romanticized vision of the pre-Civil War South. My father was a barber. He hustled pool on the side, betting haircuts against real money with customers… Read More
    During March, Maine Yankee produced 676 million kilowatt hours of electricity, a new one-month record for the Wiscasset nuclear plant. That amount of electricity would serve 80,000 homes for the month. The previous record of 675 million kwh was set in May 1992. It would… Read More
    BATH — The death of a Bath Iron Works employee prompted the shipyard to launch the largest screening program for breast cancer in Maine. BIW will offer free education and examinations to all female workers and dependents 35 and older. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    KSB Bancorp Inc. of Kingfield has filed an application with the Federal Reserve Board to become a bank holding company and to acquire Kingfield Savings Bank in Kingfield. Interested parties may make comments to the Federal Reserve by April 22, 1993. Kingfield Savings Bank has… Read More
    PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland Museum of Art plans a summer opening for a showing of dozens of Andrew Wyeth’s “Helga” works. The show will feature watercolors, drawings and paintings; in all, it will include at least 50 works focusing on Wyeth’s mysterious model, Helga… Read More
    Sen. George J. Mitchell announced Friday evening that a task force from the Secretary of Agriculture will be in Aroostook County, possibly as early as Tuesday, to assess the most appropriate form of aid for financially battered potato growers. Both of Maine’s senators have asked… Read More
    Clinical studies seeking a new drug to prevent or treat bone loss in women with osteoporosis will use volunteer subjects at St. Joseph Hospital. Subjects — healthy, post-menopausal women from 50 to 80 years of age and not on hormone replacement therapy or other medication… Read More
    FARMINGTON — An 80-year-old Livermore Falls woman was killed Thursday when her car was struck by another car as she tried to cross the busy Wilton Road, police said. Yvonne Grundy was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:25 a.m., said Farmington Police Sgt. Harold… Read More
    The April 2 issue of the Maine Municipal Association’s legislative bulletin ran an account of the governor’s meeting with the school funding task force. One section of that story, “A New Way to Tax?” should have been headed, “LD 1994 III: The Nightmare Continues.” In… Read More